Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide

by Silvia M. Rogers

This self-help guide is intended for scientists and medical professionals and students who wish to improve their scientific writing skills. Exercises invite the reader to practice the most important aspects of scientific writing. Although the book addresses certain issues more troublesome to scientific communicators of a non-English language origin, the guide will be of equal benefit to those whose first language is English. If you want not only to write but to write well, this book is for you. This second edition takes into account new developments in the area of scientific communication. In particular, the importance of authenticity is addressed, drawing attention to the sensitive issue of plagiarism in scientific texts.

Genres: Writing

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

Reviews

[Lorena Garcia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A basic guide on how to write a scientific paper, but to be honest ut could apply to academical papers too. The book has many useful tips to improve the writing skills.

[Jc · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a how-to guide to writing scientific and medical writing. It addresses the concept of what is “good and bad” scientific writing. I know that I can point to many examples of both types of scientific writing

Chapter 3 discussed orthography and punctuation while Chapter 4 deals with grammar and tenses. Any native English speaker will have a rather good grasp of both of these topics. This book is not written for native English speakers but rather to non-native English speakers who need to communicate through writing.

Can native English speakers benefit from the information in this book? By all means. How many native English speakers can tell you the difference between a hyphen and an en dash and an em dash?

Scientific writing is going through a slow revolution between the forces of passive and active voice. Anybody working on a word processing document will understand what I am talking about.

There are many exercises for the reader to go through to improve their understanding and usage of that particular chapter function.

Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing brings all the required components of good writing skills together. Follow the instructions, apply lots of practice and find success in your writing skills.


Happy Reading,

[Pamela Fernandes · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great for beginner writers who need to brush up on grammar and punctuation. Its not so much teaching about how to write as much as it is how to construct a grammatically correct scientific piece. It really helped me, clear up some of my own doubts about various sentence constructions and punctuation.